L.A. Business Journal

AUGUST 7, 2017

Sports app developer Hopscotch of El Segundo announced on Monday that it signed up more than 40 athletic programs as customers last month.

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AUGUST 7, 2017

Los Angeles-based electric vehicle designer Faraday Future said this morning that it has leased a new, manufacturing facility--located in the San Joaquin Valley--where it plans to start up production of its first production vehicle, the FF 91. According to Faraday Future, it has begun the process of cleaning up the site, which is based in Hanford, California, in preparation for moving in manufacturing equipment for the company.

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L.A. Business Journal

AUGUST 7, 2017

Faraday Future leases 1 million-square-foot facility in central California, Virgin Galactic carries out ‘dry run’ ahead of powered SpaceShipTwo flights and Google developing Snapchat-like content.

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AUGUST 7, 2017

Los Angeles-based Po.et , a new, blockchain-based protocol which is aimed at enabling digital media licensing and authentication, said on Friday that it has partnered with content production company Blink , to automate licensing requests for Blink's network of photographers, filmmakers, and writers. Financial details of the deal were not announced. The two said that Po.et is developing a Bitcoin blockchain-based platform specifically aimed at facilitating distribution of digital, creative

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Xconomy

AUGUST 7, 2017

In a dry grassland set amid some of the region’s preeminent energy research, production, and training facilities, you can see the future of the electricity grid, and Washington state companies and workers are playing a major role in shaping it. The Horn Rapids Solar, Storage, and Training Project—which would be the largest solar installation in Washington , and one of a relative few anywhere with a significant amount of energy storage incorporated—embodies a long chain of publi

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AUGUST 7, 2017

Huntington Beach-based Rocket Lab , a startup which is developing satellite launch technology, has placed the blame for its terminated test flight in May on a third party contractor. The company, which was forced to terminate its test flight four minutes into its flight, blamed "misconfiguration of telemetry equipment owned and operated by a third-party contractor" for loss of signal, at an altitude of 224 km.

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AUGUST 7, 2017

Duarted-based cancer treatment center City of Hope announced late Friday that it has suffered a phishing incident, where four staff member email accounts were temporarily accessed after an email phishing incident. According to City of Hope, only "limited access" to those accounts occurred after the incident, and that it does not believe there was "any actual acquisition of patient medical information.

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Tech.Co

AUGUST 7, 2017

Come mix and mingle with other Financial Technologist’s Tues August 22. Learn about the newest and fastest changes going on in financial technology. Finance is undergoing a massive change some call the “financial paradigm” Laws from 1930-1940 (old right?) are getting broken down with technological innovation in finance. Find partners, talk about your project, bounce ideas, discover LA Finch.

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AUGUST 7, 2017

Newport Beach- and Philadelphia-based InstaMed , the venture backed operator of a heathcare payment network, has added four members to both its board of directors and advisory board. The company, which is backed by Carrick Capital Partners, said today that it has added Lewis (Lew) E. Trowbridge, the former President and COO, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska; former U.S.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 7, 2017

As an executive recruiter focused solely on life sciences, I’m among the first to acknowledge the industry’s gender gap. Of the 20 largest pharmaceutical companies around the world, only one has a woman at the helm—and GSK named Emma Natasha Walmsley as CEO less than five months ago. Among biotech executive leadership teams, women make up a scant 20.9 percent for small and medium-sized enterprises (between 10-1,000 employees), which drops to 13.9 percent for big biotechs (more than 1,000 e

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AUGUST 7, 2017

Santa Monica-based March Capital Partners , the local venture capital investment fund led by Jim Armstrong, Sumant Mandal, Gregory Milken and Jamie Montgomery, is looking to raise a total of $300M in two new funds, according to regulatory filings from the firm released today. Those filings indicate March is looking to raise $150M in its second fund, March Capital Partners II, L.P. as well as another $150M in March Capital Opportunity Fund II, L.P.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2017

In this age of information overload, success is all about building a brand that stands out above the competition. Whether you are focused on your professional career, or starting your own company, YOU are the first or only brand that anyone will see and remember. That means that you need to overtly market yourself, rather than wait and hope that the right people or customers will find you.

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AUGUST 7, 2017

Netflix , the online television streaming and entertainment company, said Monday morning that it has acquired Millarworld , the comic book publisher behind such characters as Kick-Ass, Kingsman, and Old Man Logan. Netflix, which has significant operations in the Los Angeles area, did not disclose financial details of the acquisition. Netflix and Millarworld said they would bring Millarworld's portfolio of characters to life through films, series and kids' shows available exclusively to Netflix.

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AUGUST 7, 2017

Santa Barbara-based software developer AppFolio announced on Monday afternoon that it has named Jason Randall as the company's new President and Chief Executive Officer, as well as new member of the company's board. Randall is replacing President, CEO, and director Brian Donahoo, who AppFolio says is retiring from the company. Randall has been at AppFolio for the last nine years, most recently serving as Senior Vice President, AppFolio Property Manager.

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AUGUST 7, 2017

The hack over at HBO --which already has seen an early release of four upcoming Game of Thrones episodes--appears to be getting worse, as those hackers have released a month's worth of an executive's emails to The Hollywood Reporter and others. Those emails reportedly include significant confidential emails and scripts. HBO is insisting that its email systems "as a whole" have not been hacked.

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AUGUST 7, 2017

San Diego-based Scientist.com , the venture-backed, online marketplace for outsourced research, and biotech accelerator IndieBio announced this morning that the two are in a new partnership. According to the two companies, they have partnered to give IndieBio's members access to over 2,000 commercial research suppliers through Scientist.com's platform.

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